PROVING GROUND

BUSINESS PLATFORM ROUTES CALLS TO WI-FI NETWORKS

PRODUCT NAME: RoamAnywhere Mobility Router

MAKER: Agito Networks

WHAT IT IS: Business mobile convergence platform

WHAT IT DOES: Routes mobile business calls between cellular and Wi-Fi networks while unifying mobile and desk phones.

WHAT'S NEW ABOUT THIS PRODUCT: Uses radio frequency-based, location-aware technology for voice and data applications while working with a company's equipment and mobile carrier of choice. The platform routes calls between enterprise Wi-Fi networks and carrier cellular networks for better in-building coverage. It also integrates with an enterprise's PBX to join mobile and desk phones, giving users a single phone number and voicemail box as well as additional PBX features on the handset.

WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT: Helps enterprises to potentially cut business mobile phone costs by using alternative networks. Improves in-building coverage for a company's mobile users and simplifies communication with a single phone number.

TARGET MARKET: Enterprises with mobile work forces

ALSO OF NOTE: Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., Agito Networks recently announced its corporate launch. Its founding team came from the Cisco Systems wireless networking business unit.

WEB SITE: www.agitonetworks.com

DESKTOP APP DELIVERS CUSTOMIZABLE MOBILE CONTENT

PRODUCT NAME: ToneThis

MAKER: ToneThis

WHAT IT IS: Mobile content delivery application

WHAT IT DOES: Lets users create, edit and share ringtones, wallpaper, videos and games.

WHAT'S NEW ABOUT THIS PRODUCT: Enables sharing of user-created content while offering video support, editing tools and free or premium content from third parties. Users can buy off-deck premium mobile games, access up to half a million songs to customize as ringtones and choose from more than 25 million pieces of art for wallpaper. Users also may publish their own mobile content creations to Flickr and Revver.

WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT: Provides more options and control in customizing the mobile experience.

TARGET MARKET: Mobile device users

ALSO OF NOTE: The platform allows Web content providers to embed “send to phone” functionality onto their Web sites.

WEB SITE: www.tonethis.com

ARCHITECTURE HELPS NETWORK TRANSITION TO ALL-IP

PRODUCT NAME: Mobile Evolution Transport Architecture (META)

MAKER: Alcatel-Lucent

WHAT IT IS: Mobile backhaul architecture

WHAT IT DOES: Enables wireless operators to transition to an all-IP network.

WHAT'S NEW ABOUT THIS PRODUCT: META lets operators evolve their networks to all-IP across any media — including copper, fiber and wireless — and works with existing technologies such as ATM, DSL/Gigabit passive optical networks, IP/MPLS, Sonet and TDM. Alcatel-Lucent has initially released three cell site aggregation products as part of META: the 9500 Microwave Packet Radio, the 1850 Transport Service Switch and the 7705 Service Aggregation Router.

WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT: Helps operators transition older networks to IP to provide newer, more demanding multimedia services.

TARGET MARKET: Wireless operators

ALSO OF NOTE: This is the first major architecture announced since the merger of Alcatel and Lucent Technologies.

WEB SITE: www.alcatel-lucent.com

CONTENT PORTAL FINDS RESTAURANTS, CHEAP GAS AND MORE

PRODUCT NAME: GetMobio

MAKER: Mobio Networks

WHAT IT IS: Mobile content portal

WHAT IT DOES: Provides different lifestyle applications for mobile devices.

WHAT'S NEW ABOUT THIS PRODUCT: Consolidates numerous Mobio apps in one location, including trivia games, weather forecasts, movie ticket purchasing and show times, a restaurant locator, information about nearby cheap gas prices, RSS feeds, and connections to online communities such as Kaboodle and Twitter. GetMobio works with a range of mobile devices, from feature phones to smart phones, allowing users to further personalize their own experience.

WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT: Makes apps with real-world value — particularly the cheap gas locator — available on the handset.

TARGET MARKET: Mobile device users

ALSO OF NOTE: Mobio Networks was selected to launch GetMobio at the DEMO 2007 conference.

WEB SITE: www.getmobio.com